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'S Mise Chunnaic An-diugh an t-Iongnadh

Date March 1938
Track ID 52517
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0224

Original Tape ID

CW0224

Summary

The main subject of this waulking song is a seal-woman sitting on a rock.


Item Notes

11 half-lines sung. Each has been repeated.

See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 1 (J. L. Campbell & F. Collinson eds., 1969) p. 60

Other versions:
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig) p. 112
'One Hundred and Five Songs of Occupation from the Western Isles of Scotland' (Francis Tolmie) No. 61
'Puirt-à-beul' (K. N. MacDonald) p. 45
'More Songs of the Hebrides' (Kennedy-Fraser) p. vii

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Fair